Rib parts (top) trialed using spring-frame molding (shown here, bottom, with curved C-channel part) and double diaphragm forming (DDF) processes in the DARPA-funded and Boeing co-funded RAPM program ...

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MCM Composites, LLC has announced expanded insights into its implementation of thermoset molding technologies, highlighting how the company’s capabilities in both thermoset injection and compression ...

The industry isn’t new to the so-called “out-of-autoclave” technologies as a necessary step towards high-volume manufacturing. Unlike other composites processing technologies, compression molding is ...

In the composites industry, compression molding is among the apparently simplest processes available for fabrication: Insert material, close mold, add pressure, add heat, wait, cool mold, open mold, ...

BMW's newest M4 GTS features an all-carbon fiber hood developed in just nine months and manufactured with filament winding and compression molding. Cytec Solvay (Heanor, UK) is debuting today at the ...

Injection overmolding of unidirectional fibers and preforms is an attractive process for many good reasons. It’s fast, consistent and repeatable, and it can be performed with a machine that is ...